Socialist Party of Peru

The Socialist Party was a socialist political party in 19th and 20th-century Peru. The Socialist Party had very different views from other socialist parties of the era, however; it advocated a planned economy and economic protectionism, views usually unheard of until the advent of communist parties in the early 20th century. In addition, the Socialist Party supported the secularization of Peru instead of state atheism, and it did not advocate complete pacifism. The party gained the support of several lower-class workers during the late 19th and early 20th centuries as strikes and political agitation gained support.